Ability to choose how a copy functions

Who would benefit?

Anyone who needs to copy a record

What impact would it make?

Save time

How should it work?

There are several ideas for improving how the copy function works in Aha!

We have 2 specific request:

• to be able to choose whether to copy attachments, record links and requirements when copying a feature.

• to be able to choose whether features in other releases/workspaces are copied when copying an epic or copying a release which contains epics and therefore copies them. (The same could be true for copying an initiative which has epics and features feeding into it.

Also, here's a collection of other requests for greater flexibility when copying records.

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/A-I-8171

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/A-I-11389

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/A-I-7981

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/AFPR-I-7472

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/A-I-13114

https://big.ideas.aha.io/ideas/A-I-15283

It seems to me that what Aha! user are asking for is a dialogue box to pop up between the menu containing the copy option and performing the copy which provides the user with a set of options on what the copy should do:

• Copy children all children or children in this workspace only (with permissions warning if trying to copy records into workspaces without write access.)

• Copy links to parents (e.g. link to epic, initiative, goal)

• Copy record links (dependencies etc)

• Copy attachments

• Etc.

This would save users a huge amount of time with repeatable, mundane process that are otherwise prone to human error.